Pan ama Pacific Exposition classifies exhibits for 1915
The Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915 unveils an elaborate plan of exhibit classification. Captain Asher Carter Baker directs a system with eleven departments, 136 groups, and 300 classes, reorganizing electricity under machinery and highlighting transportation and social economy showcases.
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San Francisco
Asher Carter Baker
Frederick J. W. Skiff
Captain Baker
Department of Electricity
England
Holland
France
Spain
Baker
Western Hemisphere
United States
Chicago
St. Louis
Ocean
Bay
Epidemic of Coughing Cited By Barnegat Postmaster
Barnegat New Jersey postmaster R G Collins reports severe bouts of La Grippe coughing exhausting sufferers. He notes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stopped the coughing after a bottle, claiming it beats all other remedies. Van Antwerp's Drug Company offered the product.
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R G. Collins
Barnegat
N. J
Foley
van Antwerp
Woman's life saved by note from desperate lover
New York March 22 A note from Billie led John J. Callahan to prevent a suicide attempt by Annie M. Garry in her Riverside Drive apartment. Garry, separated from husband, survived after gas was found. she was held as a prisoner and begged physicians to let her die.
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International News Service
New York
John J. Callahan
Seventyfirst
National Guard
Seventy-first Regiment
Unife
Billie
Callahan
William A. Callahan
Annie M. Garry
West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Riverside Drive
Garry
Philip J. Garry
Tippens
Trayer
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Alabama Patents Reported For Citizens Of The State
Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis report grants this week to Alabama residents. J. T. Andrew of Montgomery receives a safety appliance for locomotives. D. Hancock of Birmingham gets an apparatus for testing washed coal and other materials. K. Landgrebe and M. W. Johnson Jr. of Birmingham receive a chimney valve for blast furnace stoves. C. F. Mobley of Birmingham awarded a metallic railway device. J. R. Roach of Fayette granted spectacles.
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Washington, D. GC
Messrs. Davis & Davis
Washington
J. T. Andrew
Montgomery
D. Hancock
Birmingham
K. Landgrebe
M. W. Johnson, Jr
C. F. Mobley
J. R. Roach
Fayette
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Quick Relief
An advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills relieve constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing poisons from the body. It promises quick return to health and notes the pills cost 25 cents at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Woman Power Without and With the Ballot Meeting
Mobile Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts a talk at Government Street Methodist Church on Tuesday March 285 at 8 p m about Woman Her Power Without and With the Ballot. A large audience is expected. The regular meeting follows Thursday March 27 at 3 p m at the First Christian Church.
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Mobile Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Government Street Methodist Church
Mobile
First Christian Church
Terminal Brain in Signal Tower New York
Railroad workers describe the Grand Central terminal control room as the central brain coordinating over 1000 daily trains. The article extols the nerve-like, flawless electronic system that tracks every car and motor, promising unmatched safety and precision.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Brooklyn Man Marvels At Girl With X Ray Eyes
Beulah Miller a 10 year old from Warren Rhode Island tested for X ray vision and mind reading by Dr Charles Nathan and hypnotist Dr John Quackenbos in Brooklyn. The girl correctly identified cards ages pennies and objects seen by others, with one test exposing a box misdirection.
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Brooklyn
Charles Nathan
Fulton Street
John B. Quackenbos
Beulah Miller
Warren
R. I
Nathan
Quackenbos
Dr. Quackenbos
New York City
Warren, R. I
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for nearly all skin diseases and burns. John Deye of Gladwin Michigan credits twelve years of illness and $400 in medical bills to the salve’s cure. Only 25 cents. Recommended by all druggists.
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Bucklen
John Deye
Gladwin, Mich
Peace Monument of Blue and Gray in Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Georgia accepts a national peace monument design by E. M. Viquesney for a fifty foot square memorial in downtown Fitzgerald. The design features four flights of steps, a memorial hall with Lincoln and Davis, and statuary portraying Union and Confederate figures under the Spirit of Peace.
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Lincoln
Davis
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Woman’s Relief Corps
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Grant
Lee
Peace
Fitzgerald
Women's Relief Corps
Bridal pair foil girl's elopement to wedding at church
Chicago March 22 A wedding ends a wild chase as Frank W Derby and Miss Purdy wed at Christ Episcopal Church after Purdy parents, led by Mr and Mrs Joseph Purdy of Garfield Boulevard, approve the match. The bride is 20 and niece of Edward Tilden banker.
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Chicago
Frank W. Derby
Derby
Miss Purdy
Eere Purdy
Edward Tilden
Packer
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Alabama
Oxford
Cambridge
Prince of Wales
Prince
Ence
Roche
Burke
Northeast Corner
St. Joseph
State Streets
A. N. Maumenee
Dauphin
Dr. Nathan
Powers of
F. C. Horton
Mobile, Ala
Crichton Lumber Co
Chatogue Green House
Spring Hill Avenue
Saibara Nurseries
St. Francis Street
Bell Phone
Binal Sad
Alabama Corn Mills Company
Ala
Peace Monument
Blue
Georgia Woman
North Royal St
B. Luscher & Son Paint CO
Dauphin St
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
the Peoples Bank
State of
South
Mobile Book Binding CO
St. Francis St
Bell
Via
Los Angeles
Cal
Ore
Vancouver, B.C
Seattle, Wash
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
Pine Crest
Park
American Securities Co
ST. Joseph Street
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